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Rookie Teven Jenkins will warm the hears of Bears fansMay 15, 2021 1:00 am - Friday was all rookies and young hopefuls at Halas Hall as the Bears began minicamp. Usually, in addition to this year's seven draft picks, the 15 undrafted rookie free ...
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Feelings of grief over family separationMay 14, 2021 11:00 pm - A perceptive reader alerted me to a problem I'm sure many families face in one way or another - sadness, even grief, over family that live far away. Because sometimes it...
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A look at this year's Sculpture in the Park display in St. CharlesMay 14, 2021 6:00 am - As it has since 2006, the Sculpture in the Park program at Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles lured us in for a closer look at this year's exhibit. Little did we know we...
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More than a game: How Cook County is using chess to prepare inmates for life on the outsideMay 14, 2021 5:30 am - For at least a little while this week, the seven men wearing khaki scrubs with "DOC" emblazoned in big black letters across the back weren't just inmates in the Cook Cou...
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Jim O'Donnell: Vegas-wise Brent Musburger isn't bullish on the 2021 BearsMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - A WHOLE LOT OF OVER/UNDERS AGO, a green Northwestern grad was honing his chops as a beat writer covering the 1963 NFL champion Bears for The Chicago American. Brent Musb...
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Bet on it. Trump is running.May 14, 2021 1:00 am - Let's not kid ourselves. Former - yes, former - President Donald Trump wants to run for president in 2024, and so he shall. The story some Republicans like to tell thems...
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Rozner: Not easy to say goodbyeMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - Over 37 years, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 12,000 bylines and 10 million words, I have never had trouble figuring out what to write - until now. So, with hopes ...
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Lawmakers exploiting health crisis with outrageous plansMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - While the Illinois state Capitol remains closed to the public and statehouse reporters are few and far between because of strict COVID-19 rules, Illinois lawmakers are t...
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3 reasons the White Sox are off to a great startMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - Since their April 1 season opening 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, the White Sox have lost only two games by a one-run margin. Then again, they have won only three t...
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How faculty, technology supported students during pandemicMay 13, 2021 6:00 am - As I was leaving my office for spring break last year, little did I know that I would not return to my office for a very long time. My beloved office where students stop...